Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-30
GREY ROSE, DAM OF CUYLER.

GREY ROSE, DAM OF COYIER.
This is one of the eleven out of fifteen
erroneous pedigrees in Wallace that con-
meet with Harris Hambletonian, which
we referred to recently. Mr.. Wallace has
other of Harris Hambletonian pedigrees
that are entirely wrong. We mentioned
two of them recently, the dam of Black
Warrior and Black Eagle by Black Hawk.
Then there was the dam of the Morse
Horse, which we exposed long ago and
the e. d. of Milliman's Bellfounder,
equally false, and others, so that there
will be at least fifteen false out of twenty
given. This may suit Mr.. Wallaces idea
of registers, but we have thought that
there might be people who would rather
have genuine than made up pedigrees and
so we have traced out, or tried to, this of
Grey Rose.
From Mr.. Barbour who keeps the liv-
cry at the Van Ness House stables, Bur-
lington, we learned that Mr.. Broker By
ington, formerly of Hinesburgh, bought
this mare of Mr. Ferguson of Hunting
ton for Mr.. Backman, and that Mr.. Fer
guson had her of Mr.. Brow, French
man, and blacksmith at Huntington.
South Hero. From him, also black
smith, it was learned that his father trad
ed for this mare when she was three
years old of a Samuel Roublee, then of
hnt hn had
from Bristol, Vt. To-day, a clear and
beautiful one, with abundance of snow
and thermometer at zero, | drove to Bris-
tol, learned first from town records that
Samuel Roubee sold his farm to Milton
Williams and Lewis Beers of Monkton
for Sl400, March, 1853. For further in
formation Col. Dunshee of Bristol adj
vised me to see Michael Calihan, who lives
close to where Mr.. Roublee did. Our
pair of Morgan horses, chestnut with
white stripe, and the dantiest of Gould
cutters, were soon stopping at Mr.. Cali
hans place, perhaps three miles north of
Bristol village. The cold Vermont win
ter slept on mountain, vale and hill but
little wind, just steady cold no sitting
snow, but against the dark spruce lay re-
f1ected the white bosom of the snow and
looking down on all the grey heavens
that like Schller's Bell
Heartless itself and fearing naught,
Doth with its warning notes attend,
On human life with change so fraught.
left my comrade in the cutter whilst
l interviewed Mr.. Calihan, whom | found
to be first-class man. He and his wife
were in. They were married in 1913 and
had lived in this locality since. He re-
membered well Mr.. Roublee and the gray
filly that he took with him when he left
town for Hinesburgh, said she was not
broken, not over three years old, and he
knew he traded her afterwards to the
Frenchman, Mr.. Brow. He knew, too.
that Mr.. Roublee did not leave town I'M
til after he sold his land to Mr.. Williams
and Beers. Col. Dunshee knew that he
had left in fall of 1854, when he, Col.
Dunshee, returned from California. Hence
it is certain that Grey Rose was foaled
1850 or 1851, probably the first. The Har-
ris Horse died January, lS47, so he could
not have got her. Mr.. C. knew that Mr..
Roublee bred her from bay Morgan
mare of about 1920 pounds weight, one
of pair that he brought from Fort Ann
in New York State, "a low built, regular
Morgan built, something like Ethan Al
len only heavier quartered beast than he.
A splendid traveller. Bay with star. For
reading nothing about here could beat her.
know he called her Morgan, and she
was Morgan build, Morgan color, Nor
gan ear and head; just as handsome as
any Morgan. Roublee lived at Fort Ann
before he moved here, owned farm near
there" Mr.. Calihan did not know what
horse sired the gray filly, but from all
the circumstances was very sure that it
was the Chilson Horse. The cir
cumstances were that Mr.. Roublee
andOscar Chilson had deal with each
other, lived within a mile and half
of one another. Mr.. Chilson had his
horse, grey horse in 1S49 and 1850.
This colt resembled that horse. To
this may be added the fact that the tradi-
ton was handed down that the mare was
of Hambletoniap stock. Instead of Grey